Training Leveling Equipment - Building Sites

Course Overview This course is designed to give junior engineers and trades people in the construction industry a good grounding in the principals and practical applications of leveling. The course is aimed at candidates with no previous experience in the use of leveling equipment. The Course includes the observing, calculating and checking of leveling runs using the ‘Height of Collimation’ method. Practical exercises are used throughout the course to back up the theory. Summary of main topics covered by the course: Introduction • Leveling Theory & Principals. Dumpy / Automatic Level Introduction • Setting up equipment - Reading the Staff. • Practical Exercise: Reading the Staff, Inverted Staff readings, Determining Height Differences. Datum's - Benchmarks - Vertical Control • Overview & Concepts • Ordnance Survey Datum's & Assumed Datum's Differential Leveling • Height of Collimation method theory. • How to record levels in a surveying notebook • How to transfer levels to another part of site Sources of Errors in Leveling • Importance of checking work. Instrument errors • How to check the accuracy of Dumpy Level or Laser level Laser Level • Setting up the equipment • Practical applications • How to setup laser at a slope • Practical applications Gradients - Slopes • Theory – Gradients – Percentages - Ratio • How to calculate pipe runs • Practical applications Pipe Laser (optional) • Introduction. • Setting up the equipment. • Examples of its uses. • Setting up the Laser at a specific Slope. • Practical applications If you are interested; please get in touch – willing to travel if you can organize a group of people.